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For a start off, I think that Bindi is one of the ugliest children to be born on this good Earth in quite some time. Poor child, look at the state of her. And secondly, what has she actually been given the show for? Because her father died at the tail or a pernickity fish? Now please, what discernible talent has the child shown the world? If she was an amazing singer or the next JonBenet (R.I.P) then I could understand it.

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It's a shame that you should so judge a book by its cover . . . Bindi's TV Show was well underway long before Steve died . . . she was not 'given' anything in that regard. And to the world at large 'beauty' is a difficult, somewhat intangible thing to put your finger on, because, what is beauty to one is not so to another . . . that's the beauty of our individuality! Bindi is a beautiful child, her joy, the beauty of her obvious love for animals and the enthusiasim that she inherited (not only from Steve, but from her Grandad too) just emanates from her, whether onscreen or in real life . . . yeah sure, let her be a kid, let her enjoy her childhood, well heck, she IS enjoying it (aside from losing her Father) she is doing what she wants and is one hell of a lucky kid to have such opportunities . . . I know a hell of a lot of gremlins would jump at the chance, and, they don't need to be primped, painted and poured into uncomfortable 'dress-up' clothes like Jon-Benet . . . now that was a child who was not allowed to simply be one . . . and look what happened . . . Bindi Irwin will survive, and succeed, typically Aussie, she'll work through it . . . kids are sometimes much tougher than we give them credit for !